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The 1959 Tibetan uprising, or 1959 Tibetan Rebellion began on 10 March 1959, when a revolt erupted in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, which had been under the effective control of the Communist Party of China since the Seventeen Point Agreement in 1951. The anniversary of the uprising is observed by som...
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Battle of the Aegates Islands
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The Battle of the Aegates Islands or Aegusa (Aegadian Islands, off the western coast of the island of Sicily, 10 March 241 BC) was the final naval battle fought between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic during the First Punic War. The result was a decisive Roman victory which forced an end t...
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Diros Project
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The Diros Project is an international, multi-disciplinary, Greek-American research project that explores human social dynamics on the Mani Peninsula of southern Greece. The project is co-directed by Drs. Giorgos Papathanassopoulos and Anastasia Papathanasiou of the Greek Ministry of Cult...
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USS Cyclops (AC-4)
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USS Cyclops (AC-4) was one of four Proteus-class colliers built for the United States Navy several years before World War I. Named for the Cyclops, a primordial race of giants from Greek mythology, she was the second U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. The loss of the ship and 306 crew and passengers wi...
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Venus de' Medici
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Ancient statue of Medici Venus once had red lips Red lipstick once shimmered on the lips of the Medici Venus, a new study has revealed. The new study involved a chemical analysis of the 2,000-year-old lifesize Hellenistic marble sculpture representing the Greek goddess of love Aphrodite. [url=ht...
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Photosynthesis
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Amoeba may offer key clue to photosynthetic evolution The major difference between plant and animal cells is the photosynthetic process, which converts light energy into chemical energy. When light isnt available, energy is generated by breaking down carbohydrates and sugars, just as it is in a...
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Ancient Forests
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Action Alert: Stop WWF's Betrayal of the Earth's Last Ancient Forests WWF is the world's largest ancient forest logging apologist; actively promoting questionable "certified, sustainable" logging in Guyana, Russia and elsewhere -- and may be the World's greatest threat facing end...
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Lucky Lady II
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Lucky Lady II is a United States Air Force Boeing B-50 Superfortress that became the first airplane to circle the world nonstop, when it made the journey in 1949, assisted by refuel...
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Geologists in Gujarat are thrilled after a massive fossilised tree of Jurassic age was recently discovered at Dholavira -- an ancient metropolitan city of the Harrapan civilisation which is now an archaeological site in the Rann of Kutch.
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University of Constantinople
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The University of Constantinople, sometimes known as the University of the palace hall of Magnaura in the Roman-Byzantine Empire was founded in 425 under the name of Pandidakterion. The original school was founded in 425 by Emperor Theodosius II with 31 chairs for law, philosophy, medicine, arit...
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Comandante Ferraz base
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The Brazilian navy says it has recovered the bodies of two of its members from the debris of a Brazilian research station in the Antarctic. The Comandante Ferraz base near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula was destroyed by an explosion on Saturday. [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-...
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The Carrick
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A last ditch bid to save an historic clipper from being broken up will be made later. The Carrick, which pre-dates the Cutty Sark, was built at Sunderland in 1864 and is now berthed at the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine, Ayrshire. North Ayrshire Council granted provisional permission for the shi...
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International Organisation for Standardisation
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The International Organisation for Standardisation, widely known as ISO, is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organisations. Founded on February 23, 1947, the organisation promulgates worldwide proprietary, industrial...
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LightSquared Network
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More Tests Show GPS Interference From LightSquared's Network A new set of government tests showed that LightSquared's proposed mobile broadband network disrupted the signal strength to all GPS devices in the test area, dealing another setback to the company's startup plans.. [url=http://onl...
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Clyde Tombaugh
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Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 - January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer. Tombaugh is best known for discovering the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930, but also discovered many asteroids, and called for serious scientific research of unidentified flying objects. [url=http://en.wikip...
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